🐎Baird's tapir
Bairds tapir (latin: Tapirus bairdii) er en tapir i ordenen af uparrettåede hovdyr. Dyret når en længde på 2 m med en hale på 7-13 cm og vejer 240-400 kg. Arten lever fra det sydlige Mexico til det nordlige Sydamerika. Pelsen er mørkebrun med lyse grågule kinder og hals. Ørene har hvide kanter. Den lever af planter. Hunnen er drægtig i 390-400 dage og får som regel kun én unge. Ungen vejer nyfødt 5-8 kg.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 300 kg
- Body length
- 2.35 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
Everything we know about the Baird's tapir
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass300 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2.35 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass122 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan30 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.15 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.41 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l300 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Baird's tapir yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyTapiridae
- ›genusTapirella
- ›speciesTapirella bairdii
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusTapirella
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyTapiridae
- genusTapirella
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